remove

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

2. 2transitive verb

   To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.

3. 3transitive verb

   To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.

5. 5noun

   The act of removing; a removal.

6. 6noun

   The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.

7. 7noun

   The state of being removed.

8. 8noun

   That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

9. 9noun

   The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.

10. 10noun

    The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

11. 11noun

    degree of figurative distance or separation or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"

    "just one remove from madness"

12. 12verb

    remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

    "remove a threat"

    "remove a wrapper"

    Synonyms

    takewithdraw
13. 13verb

    go away or leave

    "He absented himself"

    Synonyms

    absent
14. 14verb

    get rid of something abstract

    "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"

    "God takes away your sins"

15. 15verb

    shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes

    "He removed his children to the countryside"

    "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"

    Synonyms

    transfer
16. 16verb

    dispose of

    "Get rid of these old shoes!"

    "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

17. 17verb

    remove from a position or an office

18. 18verb

    cause to leave

    "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

19. 19verb

    kill intentionally and with premeditation

    "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

    Synonyms

    dispatchhitmurderoffslay